2019-2023: Pre-service Teachers' Sense of Belonging to Science

Various studies have indicated that the educational success of students also depends on their so called sense of belonging. This is the extent to which a person feels to belong to a particular social environment. Previous studies, however, have predominantly examined the sense of belonging of students in a domain-unspecific way. Moreover, there is a lack of studies addressing student teachers in the domain of natural sciences. Therefore, this project is asking the question how to assess the sense of belonging to science of pre-service teachers. Furthermore, the relationship between sense of belonging and educational success will be explored.

References

Feser, M.S. (2020). Sense of Belonging to Science. Entwicklung eines Erhebungsinstruments für Lehramtsstudierende. Poster auf dem 11. Forum Fachdidaktiken Naturwissenschaften und Geographie in Genf. Genf, Schweiz. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22498.89284.